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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">This topic describes how to create profiles and profile items. These creation tasks include creating the profile stereotypes, defining the metaclasses they apply to, and defining Tagged Values and constraints. This topic also describes how to export a profile for use in UML modeling.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To create a UML Profile, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="createprofile.htm">Create a Profile Package</a></span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="addingelementsandmetaclass.htm">Add Stereotypes and Metaclasses</a></span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="definestereotypetags.htm">Define Tagged Values for Stereotypes</a></span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="definestereotypeconstraints.htm">Define Constraints for Stereotypes</a></span></li>
<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="addingenumerationstagstost.htm">Add Enumerations</a></span></li>
<li value=6><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="add_shape_scripts_to_uml_profi.htm">Add Shape Scripts</a></span></li>
<li value=7><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="set_default_appearance.htm">Set Default Appearance</a></span></li>
<li value=8><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="exportprofile_2.htm">Export the Profile</a></span></li>
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